I watched as my father paid the man, he gave him almost all of the money we had earned. "Is this it" the man said to my father, chucking the bag of gold coins from one hand to the other. "yes sir, business has been slow recently" my father explained to him in a shaky voice. "well, being the... what do they call it, ah yes. being the Merciful man I am, I guess I can accept this" the man walked over to my father, suddenly he was holding my father by the throat, "but next time, don't expect such lenience" my father let out a strangled yes. the man dropped him and walked out of our store. "you can come out now" my father said in a weak voice, I slowly opened the doors to the cupboard I was hiding in, my mother and older brother were right behind me. I looked at my father, getting up from the floor. "why do you pay that man father, he's just a lowly pirate" I questioned. "because if we didn't, he would take more than just our money" my father stated, coming over to me and patting my head. I swatted his hand away "father please, I'm almost 16, I'm no child anymore" I pouted, he laughed along with my mother and older brother. "Come on, its time to celebrate Charlie's birthday" my mother said leading us into the kitchen. it was my brothers birthday, he was 18 today, which meant that he could finally choose his career, we all expected him to go to the city and work for the police, or be a royal guard for the royal family. as we celebrated, I couldn't help notice the look of fear in his eyes. It seemed like I was the only on who noticed, so I decided to stay quiet and enjoy this happy time, as it was a rare occurrence for our family.
As the night wore on, the candles on the wall started to flicker and die out. "seems its time for bed, we have a big day ahead of us" my father stated. I ran to mine and Charlie's room. our house wasn't very big, we had the lower floor which was our fathers shop, and then the top floor which had 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms and a kitchen and dining area. I guess that this wasn't such a bad place to live, we had only moved in here a couple of weeks ago, we moved from the outskirts of the city, from our 1 bedroom 1 kitchen area house. we now lived by the docks, which was a much better place, it smelled about the same but now we got more customers, and we could usually all eat each week. I layers in bed, snuggling up to my blanket, it was much warmer than my previous one which had holes in it and smelled of pee. I was dozing off when I heard the door open, I looked up at Charlie as he walked over to my bed. "hey there sis, did I wake you?" he questioned. I shook my head no. "Alright, I just wanted to say that in going to miss you when I leave" he said with his head down. I sat up and wrapped my arms around him. "you can come visit can't you" I asked him. he leaned back "maybe" he said giving me a smile. he stood up and went to his bed.
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Time skip
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It had been a week since Charlie's birthday and nothing eventful had happened. except Charlie did look more nervous. I was lying in bed, thinking about how we could earn more money so that father could buy me some sweets, when Charlie walked over to my bed "hey sis, listen, can you stay out of the house for a bit tomorrow" he asked. I looked at him strangely "why" I questioned, sitting up. "here take this and go buy some sweets tomorrow alright" he handed me a silver coin. i nodded my head so fast I was afraid it would fall off. I wasn't going to question him, my mind full of thoughts on what sweets I was going to buy, as I had only had some once in my life. he smiled at me and then went to bed, I put the coin under my thin pillow and went to sleep, hoping tomorrow would come faster.
At last it was morning. I got dressed in a red skirt that went down to my feet, and a white button up shirt, the sleeves rolled up. my brown hair was down, going to the middle of my back. I grabbed the silver coin from under my pillow and rushed out the door, calling to my father saying I was going out. I was out if the house before he could respond. I walked down the street, people passing me by. the stone and wooden stores looking worn out from being so close to the ocean. I turned onto one of the busiest streets, people walking, carts drawn by horses moving the best they could on the stone brick paths. I walked to the sweets shop, I looked through the window at all the delicious sweets just asking to be eaten by me. I walked through the door and picked out the cheapest one I could, then I got as much of it as I could with the silver coin.
I joyfully skipped down the street, heading home. my trip had only been around 2 or 3 hours. as I had also went around to share some of my sweets with my friends. I was almost at the door when I heard a loud bang coming from inside my house, I rushed inside. my father and mother lay on the ground, their hands covering their heads. they looked up at me and fear was all I could see. I looked around the room, there was only one man and my brother in the room. the man was the pirate that my father was always forced to pay. He came over to me and picked me up, chucking me over his shoulder. I tried to struggle but he pointed his sword at my parents. I went stiff. "ai mate, tie her up" said the pirate, he put me down in front of my brother. "Charlie" I hesitantly said his name. he scowled at me "I told you to stay out of the house" he whispered to me as he tied my arms and legs, then put a price of cloth in my mouth. I started crying, mother and father didn't even look at us as Charlie carried me out of the house and down the docks. People that passed us just avoided us. to scared that this could happen to their own children or themselves. I just stayed still as I was brought on the deck of the pirates ship. "Put her down there" the pirate said, pointing to a large hole in the deck covered by large metal bars. "yes captain" I heard my brother say. as he put me in the hole he had a look of fear on his face. 'you bastard, I'm the one that should be fearful not you' I thought. "I'm so sorry Lily, I tried to help you, I told you to stay away. why oh why did you have to come back" he said with tears in his eyes. I heard the pirate captains voice "yes captain" my brother said, then he left, shutting the metal bars down again. I sobbed quietly to myself.
I head the sound of metal squeaking, I must of been asleep as it was now night. my brother, the captain, and two other men walked over to me. "A fine one we have here captain" one of the men said "yes and do young, I wonder how long this one will last" said the other man. the captain put his arm around my brothers shoulders, "so do you wanna go first mate?" the captain asked my brother with an evil smile on his bearded face. my brother just looked away. "ah well I suppose not, you two can have your fill, just make sure not to break her" the captain said as he and my brother stepped back. the two men walked up the me, one of them had an eye patch on, while the other just had scars around his neck. the one with an eye patch untied my legs, I breathed a little as I though they were going to let me go, but that thought quickly vanished as the scar one grabbed both of my legs, speeding them apart as far as his wide stomach. I started struggling, hoping to god they weren't going to do what I thought they were going to. "god dammit hold still" the man said, "go hold her still" I heard the captain say. suddenly my brother was behind me, holding me still as the man started taking off my skirt. I looked up at him, tears in my eyes, he just looked away. I felt my underwear start to be taken off. and I cried hared, just as he was about to enter me the entire ship shook as the sound of wood cracking could be heard, and cannon fire. "Captain" a crew member looked down at us. "all of you, with me now" said the captain, the men got up and left, the man that was about to do the unthinkable taking a bit longer as he pulled his pants up again. as he was about to leave, he turned around and winked at me, "I'll be back soon pretty" he said and then left. I closed my legs so tight that it started to hurt.
I don't know how long it was but the cannon fire had finally stopped. I was stiff up against the wall as I heard foot steps coming closer to me. "captain, can't I at least finish what I started before" I heard the man that almost did some horrible ask. "no, the rumours are true, there wasn't any royal guards around here until we brought this woman on board, she is cursed, we mustn't bring another on board or this kind of attack will happen again" I heard the captain respond. he must be talking about that rumour. it had been passed around, that if a pirate had brought a woman aboard his ship, then they were cursed. "but captain" the man whined, "if you must do it, then you will share the same fate as her" the captain responded coldly. the ma stayed quiet after that. they came into view, stopping just before me. "well here is your chance Dull, it's now or never. and even if you do it, it's never again after that" the captain said. "no captain" Dull responded "good, bring her to the plank" the captain said. my brother and Dull lead me to the side of the ship, where there was a long wooden plank. I felt something sharp against my back. "you do this, then you are truly apart of my crew" the captain said, I looked at my brother as he pushed the blade harder against my back, I felt the tip pierce skin. before I walked out though I wanted to say something to him. I motioned for him to take the cloth out of my mouth. he looked up at the captain who nodded his head. once the cloth was removed I let out all I had to say. "you are a filthy bastard, and a coward, I hope you know that I no longer see you as a part of my family, you are no longer my brother. you and the rest of these men will die on this ship. I will see to it, I swear even if I die, I will come back from the bottom of the sea to destroy you all" and with that I ran and jumped off of the plank. the water hitting my skin felt icy cold. I couldn't feel my body anymore as I started to sink to the bottom. all I know is that I had landed on something hard. as I took my last look. the only thing I could see was darkness.
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